The share of the population with special needs who systematically engage in physical education and sports, among people with disabilities who do not have contraindications to physical education and sports, was 18% (the 2025 plan is 19%), or 5,501 people (the number of disabled people in the region is 55,235 people, of whom they have no contraindications to exercise sports 30,617 people . The republican figure is 19%.
105 athletes are members of the National team of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The regional specialized school for disabled sports employs 430 people (including 208 children) with musculoskeletal disorders, hearing and visual impairments in 18 sports. The branch of the NGO "Kazakhstan Special Olympics" is functioning. 2,226 children and youth (909 children) with mental retardation from correctional organizations in the region were involved in this movement.
The ARTSport state program covers 125 children with special needs in three cities (Karaganda, Temirtau, Saran). Adaptive volleyball - 32 people (Temirtau), chess - 52 people (Karaganda), adaptive taekwondo – 29 children (Karaganda, Temirtau), boccia – 12 children (Saran).
In addition, 200 children with autism spectrum disorder, mental retardation and cerebral palsy are covered by swimming classes within the framework of the state social order in five regions of our region (Karaganda, Temirtau, Saran, Shakhtinsk, Abai) and 40 children by athletics classes in Temirtau and Karaganda.
There are 91 people in Balkhash (27 children and 64 people over 18 years of age with hearing, vision and back impairments) are covered by swimming within the framework of the state social order (the order amount is 12,000,000 tenge).
Also, in the city of Abai, 20 children have been involved in swimming and boccia classes since the second half of last year (the order amount is 4,700,000 tenge) as part of the state order (swimming 10 children, boccia 10 children with ASD and SPOD).
This year, in order to increase sports sections and clubs for children and people with disabilities, it is planned to cover 12 additional regions of the region within the framework of the state social order (Karaganda, Temirtau, Balkhash, Shakhtinsk, Saran, Abai, Aktogay, Bukhar-Zhyrau, Karkaralinsky, Nurinsky, Osakarovsky, Shetsky districts) in 10 sports (swimming, athletics, table tennis, checkers, chess, ice skating, roller skates, football, boccia, togyzkumalak) with coverage of 355 people in 5 categories of the disease (AIDS, ASD, ASD,with hearing and visual impairments, Down syndrome).
To date, projects are already being implemented in the cities of Temirtau, Saran, Abai, Bukhar-Zhyrau and Nurinsky districts with an increase of 177 people. Competitive procedures are being conducted in the remaining 6 regions, and it is planned to fully implement all projects by the end of this year.
In addition, within the framework of the state social order, the sports department has prepared an estimate in the amount of 16 million 688 thousand tenge to cover 20 people with swimming lessons and a second athletics project in the amount of 10 million 784 thousand tenge to cover 20 children, the total cost of the projects is 27 million 427 thousand tenge. The budget application is planned to be submitted for clarification in the autumn of this year, with the support of the application, these projects will be implemented from the beginning of 2026.
One of the key directions is the organization of mass sports events among people with disabilities in the regions of the region, where 2,940 people are involved in sports. The regional Sports Contest is held annually among athletes with disabilities with damage to the musculoskeletal system, hearing and visual organs, as well as regional, city and district competitions in various sports, in which over 1,000 people take part. In 2024, 275 special athletes took part in 19 international championships and 30 national competitions. A total of 255 medals were won, 155 of them gold. But the most important achievement of last year was the victories of our athletes at the XVII Summer Paralympic Games, which were held in Paris. Mukashbekov Dastan won the bronze medal in the shot put, and Fedosova Dayana became the third in para judo.
In the first half of 2025, athletes of the region participated in 12 national and 3 international competitions. From May 30 to June 29, 2025, athletes will take part in the VII Spartakiad of the Republic of Kazakhstan among athletes with musculoskeletal system injuries and visual impairments in 13 sports.
Also, from November 15 to 26, athletes with hearing impairments will participate in 3 sports (swimming, judo, taekwondo) at the Summer Deaflympic Games in Tokyo (Japan), and from December 7 to December 20, athletes with musculoskeletal and visual impairments will participate in the Youth Para Asian Games in the UAE. 5 sports (swimming, pair judo, goalball, arm wrestling, powerlifting).